"encephaly" meaning in English

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      "form": "encephalies",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "anencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "exencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "hemimegalencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "holoprosencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "hydranencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "lissencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "macroencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "megalencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "microencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "porencephaly"
        },
        {
          "word": "syntelencephaly"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1963, Cancer Chemotherapy Reports - Volumes 31-40, page 2:",
          "text": "The treated speciments were severely stunted and had pronounced encephaly, cleft palate, harelip, retarded and clubbed fore and rear appendages, and retarded tail.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Threads of of Diversity: The Fabric of Unity, page 66:",
          "text": "Now, I was asked to talk about what happened and how we got involved with encephaly.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Rozella Floranz Kennedy, BecomingMom.com, page 93:",
          "text": "A \"positive\" result (high AFP in blood may indicate spina bifida or encephaly; low may indicate Downs) does not mean the defect really is there!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abnormal brain development; congenital encephalopathy."
      ],
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          "brain",
          "brain"
        ],
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          "development",
          "development"
        ],
        [
          "congenital",
          "congenital"
        ],
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          "encephalopathy",
          "encephalopathy"
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  "word": "encephaly"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "exencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "hemimegalencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "holoprosencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "hydranencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "lissencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "macroencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "megalencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "microencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "porencephaly"
    },
    {
      "word": "syntelencephaly"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "encephalies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1963, Cancer Chemotherapy Reports - Volumes 31-40, page 2:",
          "text": "The treated speciments were severely stunted and had pronounced encephaly, cleft palate, harelip, retarded and clubbed fore and rear appendages, and retarded tail.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Threads of of Diversity: The Fabric of Unity, page 66:",
          "text": "Now, I was asked to talk about what happened and how we got involved with encephaly.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Rozella Floranz Kennedy, BecomingMom.com, page 93:",
          "text": "A \"positive\" result (high AFP in blood may indicate spina bifida or encephaly; low may indicate Downs) does not mean the defect really is there!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abnormal brain development; congenital encephalopathy."
      ],
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          "brain",
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        ],
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          "development",
          "development"
        ],
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          "congenital",
          "congenital"
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          "encephalopathy",
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  "word": "encephaly"
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